(a) The Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas State Police shall implement a coordinated multidisciplinary team approach to intervention in reports involving severe maltreatment and all reports requested by a prosecuting attorney pertaining to a law enforcement or prosecuting attorney's investigation by initiating formal cooperative agreements with:
(1) Law enforcement agencies;
(2) Prosecuting attorneys; and
(3) Other appropriate agencies and individuals.
(b) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services may enter into cooperative agreements with other states to create a national child maltreatment registration system.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs
Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 12-18-106. Cooperative agreements
§ 12-18-108. Maintenance of forensic samples from abortions performed on a child